Sash hclder



S. M. LERNER sAsH HOLDER Filed Feb. 23. 1927 Patented Oct. 22, 1929 'iUNITED STATES SAMUEL MI. LERNER, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA sAsn nominaApplication filed February 23, 1927. Serial No. 170,119.

As may be inferred from the above title, this invention relates to meansfor holding window sashes; and it is an object of this invention toprovide reliable resilient means for yieldably holding window sashes atdesired levels, as the same may be opened for ventilation or otherpurposes, without the use of counterweights, or the like.

It is an object of this invention to provide,

1o at the edges of window stiles, and in engagement with thoseoppositely disposed vertical surfaces thereof which extend parallel withjambs, resiliently pressed frictional means for yieldably holding sashesat any desired la level; and preferred embodiments of my invention,including vertical strips interposed between Window stiles and windowjambs, may utilize suitably spaced coil springs, extending Wholly orpartially through said jambs,-yieldably forcing the mentioned verticalstrips, from opposite sides, toward the mentioned faces of wind-owstiles.

It is a further object, employing window sashes of slightly reducedoutside diameter', or employing' window frames that include jambs whichare spaced apart by a slightly greater distance, (in proportion to thediameter of sashes) than has heretofore been common, to provide simpleand easily insertible concealed means serving not only to hold saidWindow sashes in elevated positions, to which they may be manually orotherwise lifted, but also to take up any lateral play in sai-d windowsashes,-substantially excluding inclem` ent weather and preventing therattling of windows during wind storms.

Other objects of my invention, essential parts of which (excepting thementioned vertical strips) are concealed in use, may be best appreciatedfrom the following description of an illustrative embodiment thereof(and from an alternative embodiment, in which I provide means foradjustment) taken in con* neetion with the appended claims andaccompanying drawings, in which Fig. 1 is a partial elevational view ofa twosash window in which my invention is employed, parts being brokenaway.

Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view, taken substantially as indicatedby the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a diagrammatic View, corresponding to a portion of Fig. 1, butillustrating an alternative form.

Referring to details of that specific embodiment of my invention chosenfor purposes of illustration, 11 being a window frame which comprisesvertical j amb elements 12, I show an upper sash 13 as comprising stiles14; and I show a lower sash 15 as comprising stiles 16.

Fach stile 111 being provided with a usual vertical surface 17, and eachstile 16 being provided with a vertical surface 18, and the saidvertical surfaces being disposed at the same horizontal distance fromverticalsur faces 19, provided by jamb members 14, I interpose betweenthe mentioned vertical surfaces, in the caseof a two-sash window, twoWooden or other strips 20, 20,-each preferably corresponding in lengthto the total height of a window opening and corresponding in breadth tothe front-to-back thickness of the respective window Stiles.

A central guide strip 21 and additional guide strips 22 and 23 being sospaced apart, as by suitably securing the same to jambs 12 and to strips24, (to which latter an outside trim or facing element 25 is shown assecured) as to permit a reasonable play of the strips 20` therebetween,I show the latter as constantly pressed into engagement with the istiles 20, 20 by spiral springs 26,-the latter being preferablyretained, in openings 27, such as may be cut in the jamb elements 12, incase said openings are cut entirely through said jambs, by means such assheet metal elements 28, shown as secured by screws 29.

In. the alternative embodiment of my invention illustrated in Fig. 3,the holes or openings27a are shown as cut only part way through a `jambelement 12a; an optional sheet metal element 28:l is shown as having"the form of a thimble comprising an inner flange 29; and, in order toprovide for con vement adjustment of springs such as are shown at26,`interior1y threading a tubular element 30 (shown as secured byscrews 31a extendin through ears 32a) I provide an eX- ternally threadedstop 33a with a nick 34,

(it)i accessible through an opening 85a, in which the tubular element30a may be secured.

Essential features of'my inventions being f illustrated in Figs. 1 and2, it will be apprethough saidy sashes may be manually movable withoutdiiiiculty, the said sashes shall always remain in any position to whichthey may be adjusted; and the modification illustrated' in Fig. 3 shouldaccordingly be understood merely todisclose features, not ordinarilynecessary, which may be employed in supe rior buildings or in regionsWhere climatic changes render adjustability important.

Although I have herein described a single typical embodiment' of myinvention, suggesting one alternative embodiment thereof, it should beunderstood not only that various features-thereoi` might beindependently employed but also that all embodimentsS thereof areAintended effectivelyto hold'I Window sashes in any positions to whichthey may be adjusted, and to prevent, entrance of rainy or wind, andlargely or completely to obviate rattling of Windowy sashes; andl alsothat numerous modifications of my. invention, additional` to thosementioned above, might easily be devised by Workers skilled in the artsto. which this case relates, without. in?.

volving the slightest departure from the spirit and scope of myinvention, as; the same is indicated abovey and inthe followingAclaims.. n

IV claim, as mtyv invention 1.l In, means tor yieldably supporting asasl1.inea Window opening at any level to which it may be adjustedrelatively t0 a xed jamb. member; a substantially flat verticalstripinterposed between ay sash member and. said,y jamb member; andmeans resiliently pressing said strip toward one of said members,-saidresilient means. being proportioned in strength to the pressurerequired. tohold said Window and provided with adjusting meansaccessible through openings in said strips;` said adjusting meanscomprising an internally threaded member mounted in.

said strip, and an externally threaded cap movable in said member.v

2. F or use in combination with a window sash and a Window frame havingjjambs,4 in the sides'.V thereof; a sash hol-,der embodying a,substantial-ly iiatvertical strip interposed betweenasaidlsash and alzjamby in said trame, saidstrip bein-g provided with a plurality ot'apertures;-5 internall-y threaded tubular membersmountedfin saidapertures.; coil springs mgaging the side ofvsaid j amb. andlextendingjnto saidftubular members; and externallyr threaded adjustablecaps A mounted in said tubular members engaging thef outer ends of saidcoil springs.

3L, For use in combination with a Window' sash and a window frame havingj ambs in the sides thereof; a sash holder embodying a substantiallyiiat vertical strip interposed between said sash and a jamb in saidframe, said strip being provided with a plurality of apertures;internally threaded tubular members mounted in, said apertures; coilsprings engaging the side of said jamb. and extending into said tubularmembers; and externally threaded adjustable caps mounted in said tubularmembers engaging the outer ends of said coil springs, said jamb membersbeing provided with openings coaxial with the openings in said strip andadapted to receive one end of said springs.

Il. In means for yieldably supporting a sash in a Window openingy at anylevel to which it may be adjusted relatively to a lixed jamb memberprovided with a plurality of transverse apertures; a substantially iiatvertical strip interposed betweenv a sash member and said jamb member;and means resiliently pressing said strip toward one of said members,said resilient means comprising separate springs mounted in saidtransverse. apertures which are restrained against outward movement bysheet metalA plates mounted on said jamb over the outer endsl of saidtransverse openings and are restrained against inward movement byadjustable cap means mounted in said transverse apertures.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand at Los Angeles,California, this` 17th4 day of February, 1927.

SAMUEL M. LERN

